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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

Alexis Friedman
Matteo Bracco

15 Janaia Fargo

15 Janaia Fargo

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Inwood, WV
  • High School:
    Musselman
  • Prev School:
    Charleston Southern

Summary

Biography

2023-24:
Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…Played in all 32 games and made seven starts, averaging 11.6 minutes per game…Scored 80 total points and averaged 2.5 points per game…Scored a season-high 14 points with five field goals and four threes against Farmingdale State (Dec. 16)…Connected on 27 field goals and 16 three-pointers…Recorded 35 total rebounds and averaged 1.1 rebounds per game…Set a season-high with four rebounds versus NJIT (Nov. 25)…Assisted 18 baskets with a season-high of three against UNCW (Jan. 5)…Forced two steals against NJIT and Stony Brook (Feb. 18)…Blocked one shot against NJIT.

2022-23:
Played in all 32 games and made two starts, averaging 17.1 minutes per game…Made 26 field goals and 11 three-pointers…Averaged 2.8 points per game…Tallied a season-high eight points against Alliance (11/23), UNCW (1/13), and Stony Brook (2/12)…Went 2-for-2 from beyond the three-point line against Drexel on 1/27…Pulled down 52 rebounds and averaged 1.8 rebounds per game…Recorded a season-high five rebounds against Monmouth (2/3) and Stony Brook (2/13)…Totaled 25 assists on the year, including a season-high of five against Hampton on 3/2…Had a season-high two steals against Army West Point (12/7) and Monmouth (2/3).

2021-22 (at Charleston Southern):
Started in 18 games and appeared in 29...Led the team with 8.2 points per game...Finished the season shooting .374 from the field with 36 made three-pointers (led team)...Shot 31-percent beyond the arc...Added 1.8 rebounds per game and 39 assists...Also tallied 22 steals and one block...Recorded 10 more more points on 13 occasions...Scored a season-high 18 points twice, the first against Gardner-Webb and later in the season against USC Upstate...Had a streak of six games where she scored 10 or more points spanning from January 19 to February 9...Had 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting (2-of-3 3pt) against Auburn on 11/26...Pulled down a season-high five rebounds against High Point on 2/19...Dished out a season-high five assists against Longwood on 2/2.

2020-21 (at Charleston Southern):
Averaged 5.4 points per game in the 2020-21 season...Finished the season shooting 34.9% (37-of-106) from the floor, 31.8% (14-of-44) from the three-point line, and 73.2% (30-of-41) from the free throw line...Posted 38 rebounds (three offensive, 35 defensive) on her way to averaging 1.7 rebounds per game...Led the Buccaneers with 38 assists and added 17 steals...Averaged 24.5 minutes per game with 22 games played and 20 starts as a true freshman...Recorded her first double-digit scoring effort of the 2020-21 season with 13 points against Western Carolina on December 13...Posted three games scoring double-digits with a career-high 14 points coming on January 9 against Gardner-Webb...Had three games with at least four rebounds, including a season-high seven rebounds on November 25 against Columbia International...Had three games with at least four assists including a season-high six assists on December 2 against Florida.

High School:
Three-time WV EPAC All-First Team selection...Two-time WV All-State Honorable mention selection...First Team All-Area Journal selection...2019 MHS Team MVP...2018 MHS Defense of Team recipient...Three-time varsity letter-winner...Averaged 14 points, four assists, five rebounds, and two steals per game in her junior season...Averaged 12 points, two assists, four rebounds, and three steals per game as a sophomore...Averaged eight points, three assists, three rebounds, and three steals per game as a freshman...Was a member of the 2017 and 2018 W.V. State Champ Shuttle Hurdle Relay team.

Personal:
Daughter of Erin and Ronnie...Has five siblings, Damon, Ava, Myla, Kaila and Anyala...Father played college football for four years at Glenville State...Majoring in community health at Hofstra and plans to become a physician assistant.
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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2022-23Junior

    Guard
    5'8"
    12
  • 15

    2023-24Senior

    Guard
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Guard
    5'8"
    15